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Photo : Timolina ( Shutterstock ) Protein is great. Our bodies are largely made of protein, and if you lift weights, I bet you already know that eating enough protein is important for building muscle. But what if you just want to be healthy in general? What if you don’t even care that much about being healthy, but want to avoid overeating? Protein is important for you too. A new study has put the spotlight on a lack of protein as a potential driver of overeating. Its findings give more support to an existing concept called the “protein leverage hypothesis.” This is the idea that we will eat until we get enough protein, and so if our diet is made of low-protein foods , we may end up eating a lot of food, and thus a lot of calories, just to get our fill of protein. Sometimes people call this “protein hunger.” Why protein is important Our bodies don’t just need protein to build new muscle tissue. We also need protein to heal and repair damage. Our bodies continually break tissue...

Photo : Claire Lower High protein snacks are a godsend when it comes to healthy eating. They can tide you over between meals, or supply extra calories and protein if you chose something too low-cal for lunch. You can even combine several snack servings into a meal of their own if you’re running out of dinner ideas. We’re focusing on high protein snacks here because protein makes snacks more filling, and because a lot of meals don’t have quite as much protein as you might need to hit your goals—so a high protein snack will go a long way to balancing the numbers. Here are some of the best recipes and ideas we’ve posted— feel free to riff on them to make your own creations. https://www.tausiinsider.com/10-of-our-favorite-high-protein-snacks/?feed_id=325944&_unique_id=63fcc848da2a8

Photo : Sergey Ryzhov ( Shutterstock ) Eggs used to be one of the cheapest protein sources out there. Back when they cost $2 a dozen, the 84 grams of protein in a carton of extra-large eggs worked out to just 48 cents per 20 grams of protein. But thanks to the recent bird flu outbreak and various other economic factors, egg prices have skyrocketed. Some other protein sources, like whey powder, are more expensive than they used to be as well. So we figured it’s time to calculate the price you pay for a serving of protein, across a variety of grocery items. We’re including the classic meat, eggs, and protein powder, as well as a few underrated options like tofu and peanuts. Methodology The following calculations are not from an exhaustive national survey of prices. After failing to find a good source of up-to-date prices that could be fairly compared to each other on deadline, we used non-sale prices from a chain grocery store in Pittsburgh , checking on Amazon as well for a few i...

An AI was tasked with creating proteins with anti-microbial properties. Researchers then created a subset of the proteins and found some did the job Technology 26 January 2023 By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan ...

An AI was tasked with creating proteins with anti-microbial properties. Researchers then created a subset of the proteins and found some did the job Technology 26 January 2023 By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan ...